Review Jeopardy AP ENGLISH Semester II Click Once to Begin JEOPARDY! Fabulous prizes may be at stake. Rules…. I am the decider of all things. No crybabies.

Slides:

Advertisements

Similar presentations

Short Story Terms.

Advertisements

Literary Devices Ms. Miller.

Tragedy Literary Terms Source: C. Hugh Holman’s

Unit Jeopardy!.

Sophocles  Born in Colonus in 490 B.C. and lived until 406/5 B.C.  Educated in music and poetry  Wrestler and Choral Leader as a teenager  First.

Dramatic and Literary Elements

By William Shakespeare

Short Story History and Types. A Brief History  In English Literature, the Short Story genre is a new- comer.  Unlike dramas, novels, and essays, short.

Lit. DevicesHamletOedipus The Great Gatsby/Glass Menagerie Potpourri Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Final Jeopardy.

R EADING A P OEM. T YPES OF P OEM Lyric- A short poem expressing the thoughts and feelings of a single speaker. It is often written in first person. Narrative-

Literary Terms Fall Semester. Anecdote A short written or oral account of an event in a real person’s life.

Literary Terms We will be using these literary terms throughout the school year. There WILL be literary terms used on your FINAL EXAMS in May!! You need.

7 th Grade Vocabulary Unit 5- Poetry Terms.  Allegory  A story in which the characters and events represent an underlying truth about life  Denouement.

Terms: Literary 1.

Macbeth Literary Elements. tragedy  A literary work depicting serious events in which the main character comes to an unhappy end.  Elements of a Tragedy:

Short Story Unit Elements of Fiction English I. Think about a recent television show or movie you have seen. List the main events/details the best.

Umm Al Qura University Faculty of Social Sciences English Department An Introduction to Fiction Introduction to Literature Mrs. Nadia Khawandanah.

 Alliteration- A repetition of the initial sounds of several words in a group.  Allusion- A reference in one literary work to a character or theme found.

Review Jeopardy AP ENGLISH Semester I Click Once to Begin JEOPARDY! A game show template.

Character A person or other creature in a literary work Dynamic Character – one who changes in the story Static Character – remains the same throughout.

 As we journey through literature together this year, we will come upon both foes and friends, just as all adventurers do. Therefore, we will need to.

Iambic Pentameter – a line of verse consisting of 10 syllables that follows an unstressed/stressed pattern Couplet – two lines of verse that form a unit.

Mrs. Carrie Hunnicutt 6 th Grade Reading and Language Arts

1. Allegory Used to describe poetry that satirizes the heroic style 3. Pun 4. Devices 5. Pathos 6. Syntax 2. Mock-heroic A story with an underlying meaning.

Tragedy Defined in Aristotle’s Poetics: The purpose of a tragedy is to arouse the emotions of pity and fear and thus to produce in the audience a catharsis.

ALLUSION A passing reference to historical or fictional characters, places, or events, or to other works that the writer assumes the reader will recognize.

Humanities I Mrs. Cave-Mattie. In addition to the terms that are included in previous PowerPoint presentations for this unit, as well as the list of Literary.

Aristotle, On Tragic Character AP English IV Review text in the Bedford,

Literary Terms English 11 The narrative perspective from which a story is told.

Exploration of Poetry AP Poetry Unit. Aspects of Poetry Voice Voice Tone Tone Diction Diction Syntax Syntax Imagery Imagery Figures of Speech Figures.

Review Jeopardy AP ENGLISH Semester I Click Once to Begin JEOPARDY! A game show template.

ELEMENTS OF DRAMA. Drama: A narrative that is meant to be performed by actors in front of an audience; the story is told primarily through the speech.

Sophocles Oedipus, the King. Sophocles (Dexion “The Entertainer”) One of the three great ancient Greek tragedians 5th century B.C. - “The Golden Age”

Review Jeopardy AP ENGLISH Semester I Click Once to Begin JEOPARDY! A game show template.

GREEK DRAMA. TRAGIC HERO  A character, usually of high birth, neither totally good or bad, whose downfall is brought about by some weakness or error.

ELEMENTS OF DRAMA DRAMA  A story written to be performed by actors in front of an audience.

Short Story Terms. What is a Short Story? A short story is : a brief work of fiction where, usually, the main character faces a conflict that is worked.

Unit 1 Notes Part 1. What is theme?  Theme- an insight into human nature that emerges over the course of a work. A theme may be directly stated or implied.

Wilson Middle School.  The repetition of initial consonant sounds.

BINGO GAME.  The _________ a literary work expresses the writer’s attitude toward his or her subject. Words such as angry, sad, and humorous can be used.

Literary Elements Macbeth Notes Part II. 1. Irony Verbal: When a character says one thing but means another Situational: When one thing is expected to.

The House on Mango Street. Vignette A vignette is a short, well written sketch or descriptive scene. It does not have a plot which would make it a story,

Arthur Miller & His Views on Tragedy Death of a Salesman.

I Remember English I Terms and Vocabulary to Remember.

ELEMENTS OF DRAMA Romeo and Juliet By William Shakespeare.

Literary Terms Week Two. Irony »Irony is the contrast between what is expected or what appears to be and what actually is. It is not a coincidence. Irony.

LITERARY ELEMENTS. GENRE CATEGORIES OR TYPES OF LITERATURE Fiction Non-fiction Fantasy Sci-fi Drama Poetry.

Literary Terms English I. Genre A form or type of literary work. A form or type of literary work. –Short story –Novel –Lyric –Narrative –Non-fiction –Autobiography.

Literary Terms & Devices ELEMENTS OF FICTION  A protagonist is considered to be the main character or lead figure in a novel, play, story, or poem.

Year 10 English Big WordsEveryday Word Plays Think About It Imagery Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Final Jeopardy.

Literary Terms. Plot: The sequence of events in a story Exposition Inciting incident Rising action Climax Falling action Resolution.

Literary Terms & Devices ELEMENTS OF FICTION ~REVIEW.

Oedipus vs. Willy Loman Tragic heroes? or just Tragic?

Allusion A reference to a statement, person, place, event, or thing that is known from literature, history, religion, myth, politics, sports, science,

Allegory A narrative that unfolds an abstract idea by representing it as an action played out by abstract or symbolically named persons. The allegory’s.

By William Shakespeare

Greek Tragedy Terms.

Archetypes Archetype: universal symbols – images, characters, motifs, or patterns, that recur in myths, art, and literature throughout the world a.

A Tale of two cities Honors English 9

The Elements of Fiction

Literary Terms Freshman.

English 9H Academic Vocabulary Words

Literary Terms.

Short Story Unit Literary Terms

Elements of Fiction English I

Shakespeare Macbeth.

Presentation transcript:

Review Jeopardy AP ENGLISH Semester II

Click Once to Begin JEOPARDY! Fabulous prizes may be at stake. Rules…. I am the decider of all things. No crybabies allowed.

Almost done! Finish Well! Stay Strong! Be a Giver! Say Goodbye to your Teachers!

A brief narrative of an entertaining and presumably true incident

What is an ANECDOTE?

The following passage could be said to express an idea about human experience, human motivation, or the human condition that the author suggests in the work: “All things of grace and beauty such that one holds them to one’s heart have a common provenance in pain.” Cormac McCarthy The Road (p. 52). The term for this kind of idea is ___________

What is THEME?

"We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives....But in a larger sense we cannot dedicate--we cannot consecrate--we cannot hallow--this ground” contains an example of

What is ANAPHORA?

“Beyond the immediate struggle for survival, the deep struggle explored in The Road is that of raising a child in a world without hope; and for the boy, the complementary challenge of assuming the responsibilities of manhood in such a world. There would seem to be nothing to sustain these two—the natural world exists only in effigy, and the remaining humans have mostly sacrificed their humanity as the price of survival. Yet the boy is constantly seeking to define a moral structure he can live by—one that accounts for the fact that his father doesn't help stray people on the road, but still ensures their own distinction from the cannibals.” These comments from Slate.com can best be described as

What is LITERARY CRITICISM?

The speaker of a poem

What is PERSONA?

A figure of speech in which two contradictory words or phrases are combined in a single expression, giving the effect of a condensed paradox

What is an OXYMORON?

"We will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream” contains examples of "We will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream” contains examples of ____________________ and ________________. terms

What is SIMILE and PARALLELISM?

Dylan Thomas' poem about his father's approaching death, titled “Do not go Gentle into That Good Night" contains an example of

What is EUPHEMISM? (“Good Night” = death)

“Greed,” “death,” “man’s inhumanity to man,” or “journey to adulthood” can best be described as

What is a MOTIF?

The statement “Greed, inhumanity, and dark struggles are not confined to just one region, but occur everywhere,” can best be described as

What is a THEME STATEMENT?

Overweening pride

What is HUBRIS?

A narrative structure containing a “story within a story” in which one character opens the story and prepares the stage for another character or characters who narrate parts of the story as seen in works like The Poisonwood Bible is referred to as

What is FRAME STORY?

A figure of speech that substitutes the name of a related object, person, or idea for the subject at hand, such as “crown” as a substitute for king or ruler

What is METONYMY?

The Greek term for tragic flaw, weakness of character or error in judgment, which causes the downfall of the hero

What is HAMARTIA?

In the Billy Collins poem “The History Teacher,” the difference between what we know as readers and what the history teacher in the poem understands about his students may be described as _______. (This is also a primary device to induce pathos in Oedipus the King.)

What is DRAMATIC IRONY?

In the Billy Collins poem “The History Teacher,” the word Boer is a form of wit that involves a play on words best described as

What is a PUN?

A comparison such as the Congo River to a snake in Heart of Darkness that is developed through several references within a passage is described as a/an

What is EXTENDED METAPHOR?

A figure of speech in which opposing or contrasting ideas are balanced against each other in grammatically parallel structure

What is ANTITHESIS?

In literary terms: any group of writings that has been established as authentic; more specifically, those books of the Christian Bible

What is the CANON?

DAILY DOUBLE

The property of seeming true, of resembling reality; resemblance to reality, realism

What is VERISMILITUDE?

A sudden or unexpected reversal of circumstances or situation especially in a literary work

What is PERIPETEIA?

The point in the plot especially of a tragedy at which the protagonist recognizes his or her or some other character's true identity or discovers the true nature of his or her own situation

What is ANAGNORISIS?

A revealing scene or moment ; an illuminating discovery, realization, or disclosure

What is an EPIPHANY?

Entrance ode by the chorus

What is PARADOS?

“To be, or not to be: that is what really matters” is an awful ___________ of the famous opening lines of Hamlet’s suicide soliloquy

What is a PARAPHRASE?

DAILY DOUBLE

S S imultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action

What is an AMBIVELANCE? What is an AMBIVELANCE?

FINAL JEOPARDY QUESTION

A word or expression that can be understood in two or more possible ways; uncertainty

What is AMBIGUITY?